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The Architecture of Focus (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
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The Architecture of Focus (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]
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This collection investigates the architecture of focus in
linguistic theory from different theoretical perspectives. Research
on focus and information structure in the last four decades has
shown that the phenomenon of focus is highly complex, the
theoretical approaches manifold, and the data highly sensitive. The
main emphasis has been placed on the integration of the notion of
focus in generative grammar. In recent years, however, the
approaches to focus and information structure underwent a radical
change in perspective. The theoretical concept of focus, its
related terms and phenomena became the object of research. Along
with it, the research questions shifted: instead of locating focus
in the architecture of grammar, linguists investigate the
architecture of focus itself. The central underlying idea of this
collection is to document this change in perspective with the aim
of isolating essential keystones and research areas in both the
theoretical and empirical domain. The book is structured
accordingly. Following the introduction, there are four main
sections: The general section discusses the theoretical foundations
of focus within grammar. The second section hosts papers which
investigate the representation of focus and topic at the
syntax-pragmatics interface. The third section discusses the
phonological representation of focus and its relation to meaning.
The papers of the final section investigate different types of
focus constructions in a variety languages. The collection of
papers on the architecture of focus, its interpretation and
representation mirror the establishment of the focus research
field.
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